Washer for package dyeing machines



Dem 1933. w. P. HORNBUCKLE El AL 1,939,317

WASHER FOR memes DYEING MACHINES Filed Sept. 14, 1931 Faazgr F Gevwg- INVENTORS ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 19, 1933 UNITED STATES PArENr OFFICE WASHER FOR PACKAGE DYEING MACHINES William P. Hornbuckle and Robert F. Craig,

Stanley, N. C.

Application September 14, 1931 Serial No. 562,808

3 Claims.

The invention relates to a washer adapted to be placed between packages of yarn in package dyeing operations when said packages are stacked onto perforated pipes with proximate ends abutting against each other, and the washers are adapted to be used between the packages to seal the junction points of the packages to prevent the dye liquor from passing thru the junction points and to compel the dye liquor to be forced thru the yarn usually wound on perforated tubes.

It has heretofore been the experience that means for sealing the pointswhere the tubes on which the yarn is wound have, in some cases, failed to cause a complete sealing of this junction point and therefore, the dye liquor is allowed to pass between the junction point of the perforated tubes on which the yarn is wound instead of being forced thru the yarn, and it is an object of this invention to provide a washer which is simple in structure, easily ,manufactured, and of low cost and which will automatically fall into position on the perforated pipes on top of a tube having yarn thereon and being in such a position as to cause the next package placed on the perforated pipes to automatically fall into position on said washer so that when a complete stack of packages of yarn wound on the perforated tubes is stacked onto the perforated pipes and the washers placed therebetween during the stacking operation, that a complete sealing is effected between the ends of the perforated tubes on which the yarn is wound when pressure is applied to the uppermost package.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the'description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view. showing the manner in which the washers fit onto the 40 perforated pipes between the packages of yarn;

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view of one of the washers;

Figure 3 is a transverse cross sectional view tln'u one of the washers, taken along the line 5 3-3 in Figure 2.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates a conventional perforated pipe which usually occurs in a holder in which several of these perforated pipes are mounted in 5 a holder, and the packages of yarn are adapted to be stacked on these perforated pipes with securing means at the top of the pipe for pressing the packages of yarn against each other and in such position the packages are held while the dye liquor is forced upwardly thru the perforated pipes and outwardly thru the yarn thereon or while in the reverse direction by forcing the dye liquor into the containers surrounding the packages of yarn and thru the yarn on the holder and into the perforated pipes. Whether 0 the direction of the dye be in one or the other directions, a pump is used for forcing the dye liquor thru the yarn and usually the operation is first in one direction and then in the other.

The perforated pipes are adapted to have stacked thereon a plurality of packages of yarn indicated by 11, 12, and 13, and this yarn is usually wound on the tube after a fibrous piece of material-in the form of fibrous tubes and indicated by reference character 14is placed 70. on the tubes and pushed into'the ends of the tube and then the yarn is wound onto the tubes, and the tubes then are dropped onto the perforated pipes and the washers 15 are placed between the ends of the perforated tubes 16 in the stacking operation. These washers are provided with a large lower portion indicated by 18 and a restricted upper portion indicated by 19' with an intermediate portion as at 20 and the lower concave portion 21, the upper end of 30 the perforated tubes being adapted to be engaged by the washer as at the point 21 whereas the lower ends of the next succeeding perforated tube is adapted to rest on top of the washer as at 20, and the portion 19 of the 35 washer is of slightly larger size than the perforated pipe 10 so as to cause the washer to assume a proper position with relation to the perforated pipes.

In the drawing and specification, there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims.

We claim:-

1. A washer having its ends of unequal size and adaptedto be placed between the ends of adjacent packages of yarn when the packages of yarn are stacked end to end on a perforated tube withone end of one package being adapted to fit inside the larger end of the washer and the end of the adjacent package of yarn being adapted to fit on the outside of the 1Q5 smaller end of said washer, the smaller end of said washer having a concave outer surface and the larger end of said washer having a convex outer surface.

2. A washer adapted to be fitted between ad- 119 end larger than the other end, the smaller end having a concave outer surface and. a convex inner surface, the larger end of the washer having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface.

ROBERT F. CRAIG. WILLIAM F. HORNBUCKLE. 

